1998 FIFA World Cup Group E

Group E was one of eight groups at the 1998 FIFA World Cup into which the 32 teams were divided. Mexico and the Netherlands qualified after they both beat South Korea and drew with Belgium before drawing with each other. The Netherlands' five goals against South Korea put them top on goal difference. Belgium could have qualified with a big win in their final game against South Korea, who were already out, but they only managed a draw and were eliminated.

Standings

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Netherlands 3 1 2 0 7 2 +5 5 Advance to knockout stage
2   Mexico 3 1 2 0 7 5 +2 5
3   Belgium 3 0 3 0 3 3 0 3
4   South Korea 3 0 1 2 2 9 −7 1
Source: FIFA

Matches

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South Korea vs Mexico

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South Korea  1–3  Mexico
Ha Seok-ju   27' Report Peláez   50'
Hernández   75', 84'
Attendance: 39,100
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
South Korea
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mexico
GK 1 Kim Byung-ji
DF 5 Lee Min-sung   20'
DF 6 Yoo Sang-chul (c)
MF 7 Kim Do-keun   60'
MF 8 Noh Jung-yoon   55'
FW 9 Kim Do-hoon
DF 13 Kim Tae-young
MF 14 Ko Jong-soo   75'
MF 15 Lee Sang-yoon
MF 17 Ha Seok-ju   30'
DF 20 Hong Myung-bo
Substitutions:
DF 16 Jang Hyung-seok   55'
MF 2 Choi Sung-yong   60'
FW 11 Seo Jung-won   75'
Manager:
Cha Bum-kun
GK 1 Jorge Campos
RB 13 Pavel Pardo
CB 2 Claudio Suárez
CB 5 Duilio Davino
LB 19 Braulio Luna   45'
RM 20 Jaime Ordiales   26'   45'
CM 14 Raúl Lara
CM 8 Alberto García Aspe (c)   27'   71'
LM 7 Ramón Ramírez
RF 11 Cuauhtémoc Blanco
LF 15 Luis Hernández
Substitutions:
FW 9 Ricardo Peláez   45'
MF 21 Jesús Arellano   45'
MF 6 Marcelino Bernal   71'
Manager:
Manuel Lapuente

Assistant referees:
Lencie Fred (Vanuatu)
Eric Schneider (Germany)
Fourth official:
John Toro Lendon (Colombia)

Netherlands vs Belgium

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This fixture was a repeat of the two teams' second match at the 1994 tournament, won by Belgium.

Netherlands  0–0  Belgium
Report
Attendance: 77,000
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Netherlands
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Belgium
GK 1 Edwin van der Sar
RB 20 Aron Winter
CB 3 Jaap Stam
CB 4 Frank de Boer (c)
LB 5 Arthur Numan
CM 11 Phillip Cocu
CM 10 Clarence Seedorf   65'
RW 7 Ronald de Boer   80'
LW 14 Marc Overmars
CF 9 Patrick Kluivert   80'
CF 21 Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink   65'
Substitutions:
MF 12 Boudewijn Zenden   65'
FW 8 Dennis Bergkamp   65'
MF 6 Wim Jonk   80'
Manager:
Guus Hiddink
GK 1 Filip De Wilde
RB 2 Bertrand Crasson   22'
CB 3 Lorenzo Staelens   20'
CB 17 Mike Verstraeten
LB 5 Vital Borkelmans
DM 6 Franky Van der Elst (c)
DM 15 Philippe Clement
AM 7 Marc Wilmots
AM 21 Danny Boffin
CF 8 Luis Oliveira   60'
CF 10 Luc Nilis
Substitutions:
DF 22 Éric Deflandre   29'   22'
FW 20 Émile Mpenza   60'
Manager:
Georges Leekens

Assistant referees:
Gennaro Mazzei (Italy)
Emanuel Zammit (Malta)
Fourth official:
Ramesh Ramdhan (Trinidad and Tobago)

Belgium vs Mexico

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Belgium  2–2  Mexico
Wilmots   42', 47' Report García Aspe   55' (pen.)
Blanco   62'
Attendance: 31,800
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Belgium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mexico
GK 1 Filip De Wilde
DF 3 Lorenzo Staelens
DF 4 Gordan Vidović   68'
DF 5 Vital Borkelmans
MF 6 Franky Van der Elst (c)   67'
MF 7 Marc Wilmots
FW 8 Luis Oliveira
FW 10 Luc Nilis   77'
MF 14 Enzo Scifo
MF 21 Danny Boffin   17'
DF 22 Éric Deflandre
Substitutions:
FW 18 Gert Verheyen   54'   17'
DF 16 Glen De Boeck   67'
FW 20 Émile Mpenza   77'
Manager:
Georges Leekens
GK 1 Jorge Campos
CB 2 Claudio Suárez
CB 3 Joel Sánchez
CB 5 Duilio Davino
RM 13 Pável Pardo   28'
CM 20 Jaime Ordiales   57'
CM 8 Alberto García Aspe (c)   67'
LM 7 Ramón Ramírez   39'
RF 11 Cuauhtemoc Blanco   47'
CF 17 Francisco Palencia   45'
LF 15 Luis Hernández
Substitutions:
LM 21 Jesús Arellano   45'
CM 4 Germán Villa   57'
CM 14 Raúl Lara   67'
Manager:
Manuel Lapuente

Assistant referees:
Eddie Foley (Ireland)
Mohamed Al Musawi (Oman)
Fourth official:
Javier Castrilli (Argentina)

Netherlands vs South Korea

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Netherlands  5–0  South Korea
Cocu   37'
Overmars   41'
Bergkamp   71'
Van Hooijdonk   80'
R. de Boer   83'
Report
Attendance: 55,000
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Netherlands
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
South Korea
GK 1 Edwin van der Sar
CB 3 Jaap Stam
CB 4 Frank de Boer (c)
LB 5 Arthur Numan   80'
CM 6 Wim Jonk
RW 7 Ronald de Boer   84'
SS 8 Dennis Bergkamp   78'
CM 11 Phillip Cocu
LW 14 Marc Overmars
CM 16 Edgar Davids
RB 20 Aron Winter
Substitutions:
FW 17 Pierre van Hooijdonk   78'
DF 15 Winston Bogarde   80'
MF 12 Boudewijn Zenden   84'
Manager:
Guus Hiddink
GK 1 Kim Byung-ji
MF 2 Choi Sung-yong   53'
DF 4 Choi Young-il (c)
DF 5 Lee Min-sung
DF 6 Yoo Sang-chul
MF 7 Kim Do-keun
FW 9 Kim Do-hoon   69'
FW 10 Choi Yong-soo   26'
FW 11 Seo Jung-won   77'
MF 15 Lee Sang-yoon
DF 20 Hong Myung-bo
Substitutions:
DF 13 Kim Tae-young   53'
MF 14 Ko Jong-soo   90+2'   69'
FW 21 Lee Dong-gook   77'
Manager:
Cha Bum-kun

Assistant referees:
Jacek Pocięgiel (Poland)
Yuri Dupanov (Belarus)
Fourth official:
Vitor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

Netherlands vs Mexico

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Netherlands  2–2  Mexico
Cocu   4'
R. de Boer   18'
Report Peláez   75'
Hernández   90+4'
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Netherlands
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Mexico
GK 1 Edwin van der Sar
RB 2 Michael Reiziger
CB 3 Jaap Stam   21'
CB 4 Frank de Boer (c)
LB 5 Arthur Numan   46'   71'
CM 6 Wim Jonk   70'
RW 7 Ronald de Boer
SS 8 Dennis Bergkamp   78'
CM 11 Phillip Cocu
LW 14 Marc Overmars
CM 16 Edgar Davids
Substitutions:
MF 20 Aron Winter   70'
DF 15 Winston Bogarde   71'
FW 21 Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink   78'
Manager:
Guus Hiddink
GK 1 Jorge Campos
RB 18 Salvador Carmona   58'
CB 3 Joel Sánchez   55'
CB 2 Claudio Suárez
CB 5 Duilio Davino
LB 19 Braulio Luna   45'
RM 8 Alberto García Aspe (c)
CM 4 Germán Villa   18'
LM 7 Ramón Ramírez   89'
RF 11 Cuauhtémoc Blanco
LF 15 Luis Hernández   46'
Substitutions:
LM 21 Jesús Arellano   45'
CF 9 Ricardo Peláez   68'   55'
Manager:
Manuel Lapuente

Assistant referees:
Fernando Tresaco Garcia (Spain)
Hussain Ghadanfari (Kuwait)
Fourth official:
Rune Pedersen (Norway)

Belgium vs South Korea

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Belgium  1–1  South Korea
Nilis   7' Report Yoo Sang-Chul   72'
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Belgium
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
South Korea
GK 12 Philippe Vande Walle
DF 3 Lorenzo Staelens
DF 4 Gordan Vidović
DF 5 Vital Borkelmans   65'
MF 7 Marc Wilmots
FW 8 Luis Oliveira   45'
FW 10 Luc Nilis
MF 11 Nico van Kerckhoven
MF 14 Enzo Scifo (c)   65'
MF 15 Philippe Clement   74'
DF 22 Éric Deflandre
Substitutions:
FW 9 Mbo Mpenza   45'
MF 6 Franky Van der Elst   65'
FW 20 Émile Mpenza   74'
Manager:
Georges Leekens
GK 1 Kim Byung-ji   83'
MF 2 Choi Sung-yong   45'
DF 5 Lee Min-sung   83'
DF 6 Yoo Sang-chul (c)
MF 7 Kim Do-keun   45'
FW 10 Choi Yong-soo
FW 11 Seo Jung-won
DF 12 Lee Sang-hun   66'
DF 13 Kim Tae-young   48'
MF 17 Ha Seok-ju
DF 20 Hong Myung-bo
Substitutions:
DF 3 Lee Lim-saeng   67'   45'
MF 14 Ko Jong-soo   45'
DF 16 Jang Hyung-seok   66'
Manager:
Kim Pyung-seok (caretaker)

Assistant referees:
Arnaldo Pinto (Brazil)
Jorge Luis Arango (Colombia)
Fourth official:
Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

See also

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